2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup

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2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPapua New Guinea
Dates25–29 October
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (5th title)
Runners-up Papua New Guinea
Third place Cook Islands
Fourth place Tonga
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored40 (6.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Amber Hearn
(7 goals)
Best player(s)New Zealand Rosie White
Best goalkeeperPapua New Guinea Fidelma Watpore
Fair play award Tonga
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The 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup (also known as the 2014 OFC Women's Championship) was the 10th edition of the OFC Women's Nations Cup, and took place in Papua New Guinea from 25 to 29 October 2014.[1][2][3] The football tournament was organised by the Oceania Football Confederation. It was the tenth edition of the tournament.

New Zealand won the tournament without conceding a goal, thus winning their third straight edition and qualifying to the 2015 Women's World Cup.[4]

Hosts[]

Papua New Guinea and New Zealand had submitted a bid for the tournament. Papua New Guinea was chosen at the OFC Executive Committee on 29 March 2014.[1] Papua New Guinea had hosted the 2007 edition previously.

Teams[]

All eleven OFC members were eligible to participate but only four entered teams.[2]

Team Tournament
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance
 Cook Islands 3rd 2010 3rd (2010)
 New Zealand 10th 2010 Winners (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010)
 Papua New Guinea 8th 2010 Runners-up (2007, 2010)
 Tonga 3rd 2010 3rd (2007)

Venue[]

Matches were originally to be played at the Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium in Lae.[2] However, the venue was later changed to the Kalabond Oval in Kokopo.[5]

Format[]

Teams played each other once in a round-robin tournament. The best placed team qualified to the 2015 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Squads[]

Main article: 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup squads

Matches[]

All times are local (UTC+10:00).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 30 0 +30 9 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2  Papua New Guinea (H) 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3  Cook Islands 3 0 1 2 2 16 −14 1
4  Tonga 3 0 1 2 1 20 −19 1
Source: OFC
(H) Host
New Zealand 16–0 Tonga
Cleverley Goal 1', 18'
Gregorius Goal 8' (pen.), 50', 70'
Hassett Goal 17'
Collins Goal 20', 69', 76'
White Goal 26', 29'
Longo Goal 67', 77'
Hearn Goal 86', 90+7'
Percival Goal 90+2'		 Report
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)
Papua New Guinea 4–1 Cook Islands
Birum Goal 16'
M. Gunemba Goal 26', 36', 84'		 Report Goal 90'
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)
Tonga 1–1 Cook Islands
Goal 90+5' Report Goal 83'
Referee: Anio Amos (Papua New Guinea)
Papua New Guinea 0–3 New Zealand
Report Stott Goal 59'
Hearn Goal 70'
Longo Goal 90+2'
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)
Cook Islands 0–11 New Zealand
Report Collins Goal 12', 20'
Erceg Goal 14'
Hearn Goal 19', 47', 56', 86'
Percival Goal 43'
White Goal 45+4'
Stott Goal 54'
Hassett Goal 75'
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)
Tonga 0–3 Papua New Guinea
Report M. Gunemba Goal 25'
Kaipu Goal 32', 62'
Referee: Topou Patia (Cook Islands)

Awards[]

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[6]

Award Player
Golden Ball New Zealand Rosie White
Golden Boot New Zealand Amber Hearn
Golden Gloves Papua New Guinea Fidelma Watpore
Fair Play Award  Tonga

Goalscorers[]

New Zealand's Amber Hearn won the top scorer award for the second tournament in a row.

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "PNG to host OFC Women's Nations Cup". Papua New Guinea Football Association. 30 April 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Sweden seal spot in Canada". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-19. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  4. ^ "New Zealand collect Canada 2015 ticket". FIFA. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Women's Nations Cup venue change confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
  6. ^ "New Zealand book tickets to Canada 2015". October 29, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2014-10-29.

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